Mexican Cream Cheese Roll-ups

This past Friday I made a small Mexican feast for a few of my family members that will be taking the trip to Cancun with me in exactly 31 days. The appetizer on the menu was Mexican Cream Cheese Roll-ups! I found a recipe for them but tweaked it to make it my own:

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened


• 1/3 cup mayonnaise (I used Hellman's the first time and an off brand the second time. Hellman's tasted a lot better)


• 1 (2.25 ounce) can black olives, chopped


• 6 green onions, chopped


• 8 (10 inch) flour tortillas


• 1/4 cup of corn


• 2 teaspoons Adobo seasoning


• 1/2 cup salsa

1. In a medium bowl, mix together cream cheese, mayonnaise, black olives, corn, seasoning and green onions.


2. Spread cream cheese mixture in a thin layer onto each tortilla. Roll up tortillas. Chill about 1 hour, or until the filling is firm.


3. Slice chilled rollups into 1 inch pieces. Serve with salsa for dipping.

Banana Pudding

What you need:
A pack of bananas
Vanilla Wafers
Large French Vanilla or Vanilla Pudding
2 cups of Milk
1 Pack of Cream Cheese
1 Container of Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 Small Container of Whip Cream

Mix together pudding and milk in one bowl. Mix together softened cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, and whip cream. Add to pudding bowl and mix together well. Layer vanilla wafers, then bananas, then mixture and repeat. Let it sit in the refrigerator for a couple hours to soften the wafers.

Moroccan Night

Moroccan Casablanca Couscous

Ingredients:

1 Cup Couscous

1 1/2 Pounds Tofu — cubed
1 Onion — chopped

1 Cup Carrots — sliced

1 Cup Celery — sliced

1 Cup Mushrooms — sliced

1/2 Cup Walnuts — chopped

1 Can Chickpeas

1 Can Tomato Sauce

1/2 Cup Raisins

1 1/2 Cups Water

2 Teaspoons Curry Powder

1/4 Teaspoon Cayenne

1 Teaspoon Paprika
1 Teaspoon Salt

Preparation: In large pan, brown tofu, onion, carrots, celery, mushrooms, nuts. Add remaining ingredients, bring to boil, cover and simmer for 40 minutes. Couscous: Boil 1-1/2 cup water with 2 tablespoon oil. Add couscous, stir, cover, reduce heat and simmer for 5 min. Serve vegetables over steaming couscous.

Brown Veggies

Cook combined ingredients covered for 40 mins.
Above is the actual recipe I found and a couple pictures of the preparation. I cut out the tofu, walnuts, and raisins because I'm not a fan of them.

The recipe turned out pretty good. If I make it again I will probably take down the amount of chickpeas, but again that's just a personal preference. Enjoy

Moroccan Chicken

Ingredients:

4 Pounds Chicken

2 1/2 Tablespoons Oil

2 Onions — sliced

Salt And Pepper — to taste

1/4 Teaspoon Ginger

1 Teaspoon Paprika

1 Onion — finely chopped

1/2 Pound Green Olives

1 Lemon Lemon Juice

Preparation:Heat the oil in large sauce pan. Add 3/4 cup water gradually. Add onion slices, sprinkle with spices. Lay chicken on top. Cook over low heat, covered, one hour. Add finely chopped onion. Cook for another 1/2 hour. Place pitted olives in pan of cold water, bring to boil for 1 minute. Drain water. Add olives to pan. Cook for 5 minutes. Just before serving squeeze on lemon.

Get Ready!!

I've been completely slacking on this blog! I've been cooking of course but not taking the time to post! I'm starting a series each week. I am going to pick a country and make food from that country during the week. First up is Morocco! Stay tuned for more....

Caramel Apple Cake

This cake was really easy to make. All I did was use a spice cake mix (Duncan Hines.) I cut up 2 granny smith apples and folded them into the batter. I cooked it as instructed on the box.

Then I mixed caramel syrup with white icing (I think I used a little much this is why the icing looks runny.) Then put some caramel on top and some apples.

That's all there is to it. This cake was really really good too. Nothing but compliments on it :o)

Banana split pie

So I completely made this recipe from scratch and pretty much made up the rules as I went. So I'll try to explain it the best I can :o)

Here is what you will need

Pie Crust
1 3/4 cups of vanilla wafers
1/3 cup of butter

Directions: Of course you will need to crush the vanilla wafers. I did so in my food processor and then combined it with the butter. Then you just press down the mixture into a pie pan like in the picture below. Once pressed down use a fork to decorate the sides like a real pie crust if you'd like. Place in the refrigerator for about an hour so it can set well.

Next you'll need to prepare the filling. This is made up of:

1 (8 ounce) package of cream cheese, at room temperature

1 (14 ounce) can of sweetened condensed milk

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

2 mashed bananas

1/2 package of french vanilla pudding

1 jar of marciano cherries

Directions: Combine cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, vanilla extract, bananas, and vanilla pudding. Also to the mixture I added about a 4th of a cup of cherry juice. Add a little at a time and make sure you dont make the micture too soupy. It's a pie filling so it needs to be thick in consistancy. Pour the mixture into the pie crust and then add cherries into the pie throughout so there's a cherry in every bite :o) or however many you'd like.

Put the pie in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours but the longer the better to ensure it's cold all the way through which will make it easier to cut.

Before serving add cherries, cut bananas, wafers and chocolate syrup to the top!

So I completely made this recipe from scratch and pretty much made up the rules as I went. So I'll try to explain it the best I can :o)

My favorite pancakes

This recipe isn't anything too special but I LOVE it. All you do is make the super easy instant pancakes out of a box, add a little cinnamon and a little almond extract and you're done! It's so easy but I think the flavor is GREAT!